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foreign policy you only have to look at egypt for that you know that's all we do is deal with the military and they don't even listen to us it's a complete and total failure i agree with you on that i do however think in the case of this humanitarian catastrophe and grows violation of international law human rights in every standard you can think of that there needs to be a big response from the united states and i think there has to be some kind of targeted military aspirants companied by use you know using that as pressure to get the sides to the bargaining table i don't see what are you running out of time to get i hope so i hope all along it's a cold war which for diplomacy many thanks indeed my guest in washington and in new york thanks to our viewers for watching us here or to see you next time and remember probably talk. well if you're going to like the new knowledge. you know about. a pleasure to have you with us here on our team today i roll researcher. mission free credit taishan free in-store chargers free. arrangement free. three stooges free. old free blogs just plug in video
foreign policy you only have to look at egypt for that you know that's all we do is deal with the military and they don't even listen to us it's a complete and total failure i agree with you on that i do however think in the case of this humanitarian catastrophe and grows violation of international law human rights in every standard you can think of that there needs to be a big response from the united states and i think there has to be some kind of targeted military aspirants companied by use...
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foreign policy you only have to look at egypt for that you know that's all we do is deal with the military and they don't even listen to us it's a complete and total failure i agree with you on that i do however think in the case of this humanitarian catastrophe and grows violation of international law human rights and every standard you can think of that there needs to be a big response from the united states and i think there has to be some kind of targeted military aspirants companied by use you know using that as pressure to get the sides to the bargaining table i don't see what are you running out of time to get i hope so i hope all the money should have pushed for diplomacy many thanks indeed my guest in washington and in new york thanks to our viewers for watching us here narky see you next time and remember. this is the illegal so we leave the. oceans for. the party there's the. shoes that no one is there with to get they deserve answers from. they all told me my language is what i will only react to situations i have read the reports from. the pollution from a no i will leave them
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foreign policy the militarization of diplomacy what we need is a return to. diplomacy forceful diplomacy that includes for example an arms embargo on all sides in syria so that we get the russians to stop sending arms to the regime and get the iranians to do the same thing while we get our partners in saudi arabia and qatar and jordan and turkey to stop arming the other side without that kind of an arms embargo but that was like a great idea but how could we ever get anywhere until you said to the table cynthia go ahead i don't i don't think i don't think a certain i no longer the saudis won't cooperate that's for sure send weapons to the saudis we tell the saudis we're not going to send them any more weapons and we're not going to send them any more spare parts we start telling boeing that we're going to treat them the way the way the agriculture department treats farmers pay them not to produce weapons pay them to retool their factory to build solar panels instead of military equipment we've got a lot farther to go to jason and you're. saying they're going
foreign policy the militarization of diplomacy what we need is a return to. diplomacy forceful diplomacy that includes for example an arms embargo on all sides in syria so that we get the russians to stop sending arms to the regime and get the iranians to do the same thing while we get our partners in saudi arabia and qatar and jordan and turkey to stop arming the other side without that kind of an arms embargo but that was like a great idea but how could we ever get anywhere until you said to...
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. >> foreign policy is actually not foreign. >> america has faced great hardship before and each time we have risen to the challenge. >> the ultimate test is to move our society from where it is to where it has never been. >> join us as we explore today's most critical global issues. join us for great decisions. >> great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, inspiring americans to learn more about the world. sponsorship of great decisions is provided by credit suisse, eni, the hurford foundation, and pricewaterhousecoopers llp. >> coming up next, the intervention calculation. (instrumental music) >> historically the u.s. leaned heavily on strategic interventions to help counter the influence of communism. >> the reagan doctrine was a notion that we would support those that sought to oppose soviet domination. >> during the cold war there was a polarized world - there was the soviet union, there was the united states and a lot of our interventions were used to block the advance of communism, and so very ideological basis for our, our interventions. >> and the u.s. has
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policy is reporting that there were calls that were intercepted between the syrian defense ministry and a commander on the ground in charge of a chemical weapons unit and the defense minister was trying to figure out what had happened and demanding answers as to what was happening this was in the immediate aftermath of this alleged attack russia in the face of the possible intervention the military intervention that could happen as early as thursday sergey lavrov had a phone call with the u.n. special envoy lakhdar brahimi in that phone call he said attempts at a forcible solution in syria will only result in further the start of stabilization in the country and in the region in general now he's concerned about the diplomatic and political solution he says that that is the only way forward and he's disappointed and worried about the failure of what have become known as the geneva two talks these are. talks that were orchestrated between russia and the united states jointly to try and find a diplomatic solution and russia has always been urging that the world community should wait un
policy is reporting that there were calls that were intercepted between the syrian defense ministry and a commander on the ground in charge of a chemical weapons unit and the defense minister was trying to figure out what had happened and demanding answers as to what was happening this was in the immediate aftermath of this alleged attack russia in the face of the possible intervention the military intervention that could happen as early as thursday sergey lavrov had a phone call with the u.n....
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press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends comedian national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we cross to ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first secretary kerry is absolutely convinced the assad regime has used chemical weapons against his people he doesn't give any proof but he's absolutely convinced and now we have the drumbeat to war i think i saw this movie and it has a very bad ending you know what i mean yes certainly we did the same in iraq we undermined u.n. inspectors there we're doing the same in syria we actually called on the inspectors in syria to abort their mission certainly paving the way for an easier strike on our end so we don't kill any u.n. inspectors but it's it's a little spurious to say that we have the evidence when the inspectors.
press in washington we have michael shank he is the director of foreign policy at the friends comedian national legislation and a professor at george mason university and in new york we cross to ed he is a associate editor at reason twenty four seventh's having cross talk rules and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want michael in watching if i go to you first secretary kerry is absolutely convinced the assad regime has used chemical weapons against his people he doesn't give any...
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they are not so hopeful today. >> we talked about the political calculus on this and the foreign policy. it is so important to remember what is actually happening. the human suffering and the carnage and the death toll and i would say the hope that people continue to believe that things can get better. important work. great reporter. thanks so much and great to see you as well. >> after the break, the politics of military action. how does president obama convince congress to authorize strikes in syria. what is the end game? we will talk to "the washington post" as they join us next. this is for you. ♪ [ male announcer ] bob's heart attack didn't come with a warning. today his doctor has him on a bayer aspirin regimen to help reduce the risk of another one. if you've had a heart attack, be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. >> i think that there is a push to have a mark up. not hastily and not that is not powerful, but to have a mark up very soon so that members have the opportunity to see it before they come back. depending on progress, you can well see s
they are not so hopeful today. >> we talked about the political calculus on this and the foreign policy. it is so important to remember what is actually happening. the human suffering and the carnage and the death toll and i would say the hope that people continue to believe that things can get better. important work. great reporter. thanks so much and great to see you as well. >> after the break, the politics of military action. how does president obama convince congress to...
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foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in asia. host: we want to go to a middle east correspondent to his joining us from syria. good morning to you. i think we may have lost him. all right. we will go with our caller. caller: it is concerning to me that regarding the chemical use in syria is slanted to one. america has concluded that facade has artie use chemical weapons. do we already have any evidence? we have concluded that assad used it. what is the evidence? i would like to know. host: what is the latest? guest: we do not have evidence that was standup. we we have video of people testifying to reporters, locally
foreign- policy and focus to asia. secretary defense hagel is in asia right now. he is having to talk about syria and the middle east. president obama, and this is coloring their decisions, knows that to get involved directly in the war in syria that is it for the rest of his administration. i think that is one they are being careful about. he still has lofty hopes for the middle east. he wants to pivot away from this region and put american foreign- policy attention elsewhere, primarily in...
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in the run-up to the general election, all this week, we have been looking at german foreign policy. today we focus on german-u.s. relations. >> there has been a long history between the countries, but in addition to trade, there's a strong sense of gratitude following world war ii and the cold war. >> let's take a closer look at what the next four years could hold. >> german-american relations are usually a routine of smiles, handshakes, and other friendly gestures. most german politicians are keen to praise their country's close ties with the united states. >> it's a partnership that we value. >> american presidents are always welcome here. >> it shows how important the u.s. is for europe and germany. >> only germany's (he fundamentally takes issue with the u.s., often accusing washington of war -- only germany's left party. often accusing washington of warmongering. the spy scandal unleashed by u.s. intelligence leaker edward snowden has mixed up the election campaign, and parties have had to adopt a clearer stance. the spd is so outraged at the massive data surveillance by the u.
in the run-up to the general election, all this week, we have been looking at german foreign policy. today we focus on german-u.s. relations. >> there has been a long history between the countries, but in addition to trade, there's a strong sense of gratitude following world war ii and the cold war. >> let's take a closer look at what the next four years could hold. >> german-american relations are usually a routine of smiles, handshakes, and other friendly gestures. most...
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foreign policy and egypt later. the headline this morning -- from the region, this is "an associated press rick port -- and associated per -- this is an "associated press" report -- calls to oklahoma, -- calls, davis is on our -- fact two back to calls. davis is on our republican line in oklahoma. caller: i worked as a systems analyst in the transitional. between -- in the transitional period between the 1960s and 2000. the word "job" is becoming an anachronism. i urge them to plan a lifetime of contracting, as contractors. groundswellogical we are living through now is ,ust the beginning of a time when the key to success is not the job you have but what you can do. is ill-equipped to respond on the short term to these lightning quick changes in technology. we have a lot of thinking to do as a society about how to build a workforce that can be stable in this world of constant change. host: you mentioned this idea of being a contractor. inherenta certain instability? if you look, in comparison, to somebody who is an
foreign policy and egypt later. the headline this morning -- from the region, this is "an associated press rick port -- and associated per -- this is an "associated press" report -- calls to oklahoma, -- calls, davis is on our -- fact two back to calls. davis is on our republican line in oklahoma. caller: i worked as a systems analyst in the transitional. between -- in the transitional period between the 1960s and 2000. the word "job" is becoming an anachronism. i urge...
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i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to achieve the policy aim, irrational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply our nation building to keep al qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time and it is not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multi generally shingle effort. then my point in my talk all along is if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained, especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this limited corps policy aim which is the destruction of al qaeda, which was pretty much accomplished by early 2002. why did we ne
i think a less more ambitious foreign-policy and a foreign policy that is premised on the notion of limits to what american military power can accomplish, i think that is the answer. i don't think over these last 10 years of war the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like a war with regard to vietnam. the other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you are right, and original strategy is to use nation-building and counterinsurgency, if that is to...
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foreign policy will be very illustrative of the way that u.s. foreign policy may be functioning today so on the outside we've got a lot of talk about human rights and democracy but behind closed doors and in these private cables it looks to be like a much more complicated and often darker situation will avoid london for critics accuse wiki leaks now of going soft for the kissinger cable saying that the dated records are much of a leak but is london based our contributor should return as he explains next the publication could have a major impact. these are incredibly relevant cables they weren't able to be searched and the mainstream media doesn't like what wiki leaks is doing which is dedicated as far as. anyone interested in journalism i think would say is the powerless against the powerful one doesn't have to doubt why the united states doesn't want these cables searchable because they detail very clearly a horrific time in us foreign policy these are stories that reverberate even today and if we do what we have to do is look at egypt for inst
foreign policy will be very illustrative of the way that u.s. foreign policy may be functioning today so on the outside we've got a lot of talk about human rights and democracy but behind closed doors and in these private cables it looks to be like a much more complicated and often darker situation will avoid london for critics accuse wiki leaks now of going soft for the kissinger cable saying that the dated records are much of a leak but is london based our contributor should return as he...
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. ♪ >> major foreign policy. >> the obama administration is stepping up plans for military action. >> it has little doubt the syrian army used chemical gas on its own people. >> this is clearly a big event of grave concern. >> it's less a question of if than when. >> president obama has asked the defense department to prepare options. >> nobody wants boots on the ground. >> that doesn't mean he sits back and says we can't do anything. >> lawmakers on capitol hill increasingly urging the obama administration to take action. >> we have to move and have to move quickly. >> can't can be unilateral american
. ♪ >> major foreign policy. >> the obama administration is stepping up plans for military action. >> it has little doubt the syrian army used chemical gas on its own people. >> this is clearly a big event of grave concern. >> it's less a question of if than when. >> president obama has asked the defense department to prepare options. >> nobody wants boots on the ground. >> that doesn't mean he sits back and says we can't do anything. >>...
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riding daily on these foreign policy issues. leon is literary editor since 1983 and the author of nuclear war, nuclear peace against identity. i might mention that tonight is the relaunch of the new republic. it is really a new era and everyone is excited about that. we will be leaving to go to the new republic party. this is how it is going to go. we will start with 10 minutes from each team. leon will talk about why the u.s. should do more in the syria. that we will hear from josh and aaron on why the u.s. should not go any further. then the leon and bob will rebut their argument. i will begin a discussion by grilling the one or both of the teams on their arguments. the other side will have a chance to respond. each team will have three minutes to answer questions. their answers strike -- somebody could come and uniform and escort you out. let's get to it with bob k. again and leon on why the u.s. should be doing more in syria. >> thank you. thank you senator john mccain who is a national hero for the work he has been doing in
riding daily on these foreign policy issues. leon is literary editor since 1983 and the author of nuclear war, nuclear peace against identity. i might mention that tonight is the relaunch of the new republic. it is really a new era and everyone is excited about that. we will be leaving to go to the new republic party. this is how it is going to go. we will start with 10 minutes from each team. leon will talk about why the u.s. should do more in the syria. that we will hear from josh and aaron...
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i think a much more less ambitious foreign policy and a foreign policy that's premised on the notion of of limits to what american military power can accomplish. i think that is the answer. so i don't think at least over these last ten years of war that the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like they were with regard to vietnam. your other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you're right. i mean, a rational strategy that sought to use armed nation building or counterinsurgency to achieve -- if that's -- to achieve a policy aim, then a rational strategy would say and come out front and be honest about it that if we're going to apply armed nation building to keep al-qaeda at bay in afghanistan, then it is going to take a long time. and it's not going to take 18 months or eight years or 18 years. we're talking about a multigenerational effort. but my point in my talk all along was if we're doing strategy right, the way i explained it, and especially with regard to afghanistan, we have this very, very limited core policy aim which was the d
i think a much more less ambitious foreign policy and a foreign policy that's premised on the notion of of limits to what american military power can accomplish. i think that is the answer. so i don't think at least over these last ten years of war that the american people have been morally connected to these two wars like they were with regard to vietnam. your other point about time and how long these kinds of wars take, you're right. i mean, a rational strategy that sought to use armed nation...
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but foreign policy, i think obama has been so wary of testing the american people on foreign policy issues, and thus an extremely hands off theory towards syria, because he knows the american people don't have an appetite for this, and then he comes along after two years of none involvement and says now it is different. we have to get involved. it is not surprising that the american people are saying why? so obama is suffering from his disengagement now that he is trying to get them engaged. >> the iraq issue going into iraq was all about whether they have the wmd, and the parallels and the wmd aspect are really hurting him, because people don't trust what the administration are telling them. we saw this last week regarding the syrian attack. it is being viewed through the iraq colin powell hearings. >> david shuster i know you are listening to this conversation, and you have spent decades in washington, and are dying to weigh in on this conversation, and mike viqueira at the white house. i'm going to follow up, david shuster by going to you. >> reporter: look, i mean the policy debates ha
but foreign policy, i think obama has been so wary of testing the american people on foreign policy issues, and thus an extremely hands off theory towards syria, because he knows the american people don't have an appetite for this, and then he comes along after two years of none involvement and says now it is different. we have to get involved. it is not surprising that the american people are saying why? so obama is suffering from his disengagement now that he is trying to get them engaged....
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foreign policy and the current conflict with a proper historical lens i'm joined now by author and historian peter because nick thank you somebody's coming on peter it's great to have you on again peter just looking at a map of the u.s. involvement the middle east over the last thirty years is it just a coincidence that there's always a humanitarian crises in the countries that the u.s. has yet to militarily intervene or conquer most interventions and wars are justified by the idea that this a madman out there who's going to do terrible things to our friends or to us says usually what happens but really underneath that is this idea that you're talking about about american exceptionalism why is the united states the world's policeman who appointed us why do we play this role if you look at american policy makers going back to woodrow wilson woodrow wilson commented he says now the world will understand that the united states is the savior of the world that attitude madeline albright more recently united states if we have to use force it's because we are america where the indispensable nation
foreign policy and the current conflict with a proper historical lens i'm joined now by author and historian peter because nick thank you somebody's coming on peter it's great to have you on again peter just looking at a map of the u.s. involvement the middle east over the last thirty years is it just a coincidence that there's always a humanitarian crises in the countries that the u.s. has yet to militarily intervene or conquer most interventions and wars are justified by the idea that this a...
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i'm always glad to see a sitting president talk about foreign-policy. it is something that is often put to the side and it is something that the american people need to possibly hear about and need explained. i think the president is still working on his message. sense, he has done a couple of press availabilities over the last week when he was in sweden, most recently yesterday. what he needs is to go on primetime time television the way previous presidents have and really take his case to the american people. that is what you're going to see on tuesday, apparently, after congress gets back. >> host: danny is from minnesota and is the first caller on independent line. >> caller: i have heard your guest mention a couple of times both the moral aspect of going into syria. the gassing killed 1400 people. , menany innocent people and women and children, are in ouro be killed sending missiles into syriac or i just don't see the connect their. thus, i can't believe that theident obama has made case for an imminent danger to the united states. the gentlemanve
i'm always glad to see a sitting president talk about foreign-policy. it is something that is often put to the side and it is something that the american people need to possibly hear about and need explained. i think the president is still working on his message. sense, he has done a couple of press availabilities over the last week when he was in sweden, most recently yesterday. what he needs is to go on primetime time television the way previous presidents have and really take his case to the...
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an entire republican party which built their political messaging and their policy, in foreign policy about finding and fighting the bad guys now seems thoroughly confused. because when your foreign policy determination is based on chi childish interpretations like good guy/bad guy, will tend to be utterly confusing. a criminal that is ruthlessly fighting a broad series of rebels, including, as assad would be the first to tell you, the terrorists like jihad, many of whom are exported from iraq. a side of a list of bad guy that is included a whole big list of bad guys for us to fight. joining us, barbara lee, from california, just nominated by president obama to lead the u.s. general assembly. congresswoman, as someone who has voted to the opposition of military force, who served in the days after 9/11 until now, do you think this latest chapter of public debate and congressional involvement in our contemplation of intervention in syria is a turning point? >> i certainly do, chris, and thank you for giving me the chance to join you tonight. i do think it is a turning point, because rig
an entire republican party which built their political messaging and their policy, in foreign policy about finding and fighting the bad guys now seems thoroughly confused. because when your foreign policy determination is based on chi childish interpretations like good guy/bad guy, will tend to be utterly confusing. a criminal that is ruthlessly fighting a broad series of rebels, including, as assad would be the first to tell you, the terrorists like jihad, many of whom are exported from iraq....
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especially foreign policy. matt's formative experience was the iraq war. i'm a little older than matt. i have different formative experiences, i remember the gulf war, when all the experts were wrong in the opposite way. people were completely stunned at the speed of this military success. almost all democrats in congress voted against the war. we had the 1990s, you had a very successful humanitarian intervention in the balkans, i think worked quite well. so i don't think you should overlearn the lessons of one particular episode or to assume all the people who got any one particular episode are wrong. >> what about the people who got it right. >> all the people who are wrong about the gulf war were on the left, i think to discount -- >> actually, wait a second. here actually i think is matt's point. that to me is what's so important here, the default posture, i think of the journalists, of policy maker of a citizen, is that war is horrible. and we should stay away from them, unless there is an absolutely overridingly compelling reason to do it. and that t
especially foreign policy. matt's formative experience was the iraq war. i'm a little older than matt. i have different formative experiences, i remember the gulf war, when all the experts were wrong in the opposite way. people were completely stunned at the speed of this military success. almost all democrats in congress voted against the war. we had the 1990s, you had a very successful humanitarian intervention in the balkans, i think worked quite well. so i don't think you should overlearn...
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policy objectives here it just pure senses or steve it is to some reactions really. a conversation just a short while but will washington and london's push for military interventions taking its toll on the financial world the threats have spurred oil and gold prices while investors rush to pull their money from stock markets or he's katie pilbeam looks at how the rhetoric's affected the world economy. bombs they aren't falling yet on syria global financial damage is already being done gold is what people usually turn to in these uncertain times that russia is very much being felt in earnest hey we got the billion up forty dollars an ounce just over the last two days alone oil prices are surging to their highest level since twenty eleven that is over concerns that are american and british an attack on syria will bring about a serious consequences and threaten global surprise now the middle east as a whole accounts for over a third of all oil production and holds even more reserves leaving bank associate general has said the u.s. led attack on syria could see the price
policy objectives here it just pure senses or steve it is to some reactions really. a conversation just a short while but will washington and london's push for military interventions taking its toll on the financial world the threats have spurred oil and gold prices while investors rush to pull their money from stock markets or he's katie pilbeam looks at how the rhetoric's affected the world economy. bombs they aren't falling yet on syria global financial damage is already being done gold is...
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on foreign policy i don't think it's been deliberate there's john mccain there's the president together when we watched the foreign policy debate last year i think we all said well there's really no difference as far as this idea of the evidence are pretty clear it's not imminent i mean we're talking about when you have to when you're gaskin to delay a vote on whether you should go bomb someone there's not the type of imminence in my opinion that the war powers act really talks about and it's clear what has to happen there has to be a declaration of war it's very clear if there's not an immediate threat to this country and there squarely not an immediate threat to this country i think you're right just to kind of tie this up on the back story we have that kennedy. mark or curt ok great back back in one thousand nine hundred sixty two president kennedy was asked at a news conference out keep in mind kennedy won the one nine hundred sixty election by beating up nixon that nixon was vice president and he let cuba go communist that was the big thing in the election and everybody was you kno
on foreign policy i don't think it's been deliberate there's john mccain there's the president together when we watched the foreign policy debate last year i think we all said well there's really no difference as far as this idea of the evidence are pretty clear it's not imminent i mean we're talking about when you have to when you're gaskin to delay a vote on whether you should go bomb someone there's not the type of imminence in my opinion that the war powers act really talks about and it's...
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policy when they have to. >> woodruff: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> support also comes from carnegie corporation of new york, a foundation created to do what andrew carnegie called "real and permanent good." celebrating 100 years of philanthropy at carnegie.org. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and friends of the newshour. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> brown: the world's 20 leading economic powers wound up their summit in st. petersburg, russia today, deeply divided over how to punish syria for using chemical weapons. it was a setback to president obama's campaign for military strikes, but he played up what support there was, just the same. >> i've been encouraged by discussions with my fellow leaders this week. there is a growing recognition that the world cannot stand idly by. >> brown: the president came away from the summit saying there'd
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also richard haas is currently president of the council on foreign relations and was a special assistant to george h.w. bush during the administration of george w. bush served as director of policy and planning and richard haas said it's time to rethink sovereignty. he argues sovereignty is not only becoming weaker in reality, but needs to become weaker. states should want to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves. those are some of the ideas. before proceeding i want to make one thing absolutely clear. i'm not talking against international law or relations nitrite clear between trains nationalism and globalism. there's nothing wrong with having international, the two nations. the united states as a nato treaty with western europe, defend ourselves, and international treaty. there's plenty of trade treaties. same thing. i am criticizing the book supranational or transnational, think of the transcontinental railway, something across nation. so the term transnational is used and that's distinguished from international. those are some of the ideas you could stick in the refit lit
also richard haas is currently president of the council on foreign relations and was a special assistant to george h.w. bush during the administration of george w. bush served as director of policy and planning and richard haas said it's time to rethink sovereignty. he argues sovereignty is not only becoming weaker in reality, but needs to become weaker. states should want to weaken sovereignty in order to protect themselves. those are some of the ideas. before proceeding i want to make one...
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only 41% of americans currently approve of the job the pld is doing on foreign policy overall. those numbers have been falling and new polling shows over the course of the last week or so public opposition to specifically the proposal to strike syria has swelled from 48% of americans to now nearly two-thirds, according to chuck todd, the administration is worried that losing this battle with congress could also be bruising for the remainder of his presidency. right now the president is getting ready to sit down with anchors from all six major broadcast networks, including our own savannah guthrie to make the case. that allows for a minute or two soundbite and then an address. peter alexander and let's start with you, peter. what is the thinking here regarding the idea that a failure to secure congressional approval is not only bad obviously for the president's foreign policy objectives but bad for his presidency? >> it's remarkable we're having this conversation about syria right now. we thought there would be political battles right about now but they didn't have anything to d
only 41% of americans currently approve of the job the pld is doing on foreign policy overall. those numbers have been falling and new polling shows over the course of the last week or so public opposition to specifically the proposal to strike syria has swelled from 48% of americans to now nearly two-thirds, according to chuck todd, the administration is worried that losing this battle with congress could also be bruising for the remainder of his presidency. right now the president is getting...
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you wrote a book about your transformation on foreign policy. and a lot of people feel you should be allowed to change your mind. but if you want credit as a speaker, as an author, a journalist, or as a diplomat, isn't it too little, too late? >> a lot of people supported the war in iraq, actually. not many of them i think actually decided to write an entire book about how they were wrong. that's something i spent a lot of time doing. i didn't know how to continue writing about american foreign policy credibly unless i actually figured out how i had gotten so wrong. probably also had to do with the fact that a family member of mine spent a lot of time in iraq, in the u.s. military. i think colin powell was in retrospect, sure, in retrospect, would have been great if he had resigned in a blaze of glory. sadly, he was -- he ended up being part of a process that led to one of the greatest foreign policy disasters in american history. >> well, i mean, it was -- obviously a mistake made broadly by people across the political spectrum both within the
you wrote a book about your transformation on foreign policy. and a lot of people feel you should be allowed to change your mind. but if you want credit as a speaker, as an author, a journalist, or as a diplomat, isn't it too little, too late? >> a lot of people supported the war in iraq, actually. not many of them i think actually decided to write an entire book about how they were wrong. that's something i spent a lot of time doing. i didn't know how to continue writing about american...
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policy is reporting that there were calls that were intercepted between the syrian defense ministry and a commander on the ground in charge of a chemical weapons unit and the defense minister was trying to figure out what had happened and demanding answers as to what was happening this was in the immediate aftermath of this alleged attack now the white house has not commented on whether they would go ahead and wait for the u.n. to give them a mandate or if they would go ahead and ask you to. laterally but defense secretary chuck hagel has said that his people are ready to go but the pentagon is ready just waiting for obama to give the word and that they have their resources in place to launch an attack at any moment and all they need is obama's word now momentum rapidly building towards intervention we know this week that obama is the president and his top aides have made at least eighty eight phone calls. to other foreign heads of state about the situation in syria two of those calls going out to david cameron the u.k. prime minister about what their response is going to be a while
policy is reporting that there were calls that were intercepted between the syrian defense ministry and a commander on the ground in charge of a chemical weapons unit and the defense minister was trying to figure out what had happened and demanding answers as to what was happening this was in the immediate aftermath of this alleged attack now the white house has not commented on whether they would go ahead and wait for the u.n. to give them a mandate or if they would go ahead and ask you to....
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you cannot run foreign policy by emotional spasms. and my fear is that that emotional spasm threw obama off his essential trajectory of keeping out of this. >> christopher, what do you think about this? >> i think first of all the thing to understand about american policy is that you can't motivate the american people unless you motivate them with fear or anger or pity. all very short-lived emotions. it's one of the reasons we don't have a great long-term policy, foreign policy in this country except when we're up against russia in the cold war or we've got some great evil terrorist like osama bin laden. what the government is trying to do, what obama's trying to do, what kerry is trying to do, is in fact reach an emotional pitch that will cause the american people to be interested enough in syria to then allow the government of the united states to pursue what it thinks is a wise policy there. andrew doesn't think it's a wise policy. i have my doubts also. but i don't see that it's an error for the president of the democracy to try a
you cannot run foreign policy by emotional spasms. and my fear is that that emotional spasm threw obama off his essential trajectory of keeping out of this. >> christopher, what do you think about this? >> i think first of all the thing to understand about american policy is that you can't motivate the american people unless you motivate them with fear or anger or pity. all very short-lived emotions. it's one of the reasons we don't have a great long-term policy, foreign policy in...
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policy committees, as to why we have high confidence that chemical weapons were used and that assad used them, but it also gives us an opportunity to discuss why it's so important that he be held to account. this norm against using chemical weapons that 98% of the world agrees to is there for a reason, because we recognize that there are certain weapons, that when used, cannot only end up resulting in grotesque deaths but also can end up being transmitted to non-state actors, can pose a risk to allies and friends of ours like israel, like jordan, like turkey. and unless we hold them into account, also sends a message that international norms around issues like nuclear proliferation don't mean much. and so i am going to be working with congress. we have sent up a draft authorization. we're going to be asking for hearings and a prompt vote. and i'm very appreciative that everybody here has already begun to schedule hearings and intends to take a vote as soon as all of congress comes back early next week. so the key point that i want to emphasize to the american people, the military pl
policy committees, as to why we have high confidence that chemical weapons were used and that assad used them, but it also gives us an opportunity to discuss why it's so important that he be held to account. this norm against using chemical weapons that 98% of the world agrees to is there for a reason, because we recognize that there are certain weapons, that when used, cannot only end up resulting in grotesque deaths but also can end up being transmitted to non-state actors, can pose a risk to...
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you know that that does not bode well for the future of syria or for us foreign policy mark historically what john said is correct basically well i think about what john said i think the good news is that with the budget the way it is in the united states right now i'm not sure that there's going to be an overwhelming desire for any sort of again i will call it a peacekeeping opposed to side peacekeeping and not going to have peacekeeper is that you know how can you have been when there's a war well that's exactly what peacekeepers do i mean there you say down in the one nine hundred ninety s. a well these the caught peace enforcement but again i'm not going to get into a semantic difference arguably if there is instability you need something to get rid of that instability i think the removal of assad while creating a vacuum really takes away a very large impetus for the syrian forces to continue to fight on the regime behalf that having that provides an opportunity for people to sit down and talk john jump in he's he's he's talking about the removal of assad now. he's talking about a re
you know that that does not bode well for the future of syria or for us foreign policy mark historically what john said is correct basically well i think about what john said i think the good news is that with the budget the way it is in the united states right now i'm not sure that there's going to be an overwhelming desire for any sort of again i will call it a peacekeeping opposed to side peacekeeping and not going to have peacekeeper is that you know how can you have been when there's a war...
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whether it be social domestic or foreign policy. or as for mr couture and he is my long standing associate we see eye to eye on many vital issues of russia's development of and that's vern obvious reason we've known each other for a long time now we worked together back in some petersburg and then he became a member of the cabinet and proved to be one of the most efficient ministers i've always backed him on key decisions and if i didn't he wouldn't be able to work to implement those ideas and principles that he promoted so to a certain extent that was our joint policy so he has his own view on certain things it so happened that they had a disagreement with mr medvedev on a number of issues and since mr medvedev was president we have the right to take the decision that he eventually took. today alexy khujand says that he is ready to rejoin the executive branch if the authorities were more decisive but he's quite reluctant to specify what he means by being more decisive when i ask him to why because more decisive means taking toughes
whether it be social domestic or foreign policy. or as for mr couture and he is my long standing associate we see eye to eye on many vital issues of russia's development of and that's vern obvious reason we've known each other for a long time now we worked together back in some petersburg and then he became a member of the cabinet and proved to be one of the most efficient ministers i've always backed him on key decisions and if i didn't he wouldn't be able to work to implement those ideas and...
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you cannot run foreign policy by emotional spasms. and my fear is that that emotional spasm threw obama off his essential trajectory of keeping out of this. >> christopher, what do you think about this? >> i think first of all the thing to understand about american policy is that you can't motivate the american people unless you motivate them with fear or anger or pity. all very short-lived emotions. it's one of the reasons we don't have a great long-term policy, foreign policy in this country except when we're up against russia in the cold war or we've got some great evil terrorist like osama bin laden. what the government is trying to do, what obama's trying to do, what kerry is trying to do, is in fact reach an emotional pitch that will cause the american people to be interested enough in syria to then allow the government of the united states to pursue what it thinks is a wise policy there. andrew doesn't think it's a wise policy. i have my doubts also. but i don't see that it's an error for the president of the democracy to try a
you cannot run foreign policy by emotional spasms. and my fear is that that emotional spasm threw obama off his essential trajectory of keeping out of this. >> christopher, what do you think about this? >> i think first of all the thing to understand about american policy is that you can't motivate the american people unless you motivate them with fear or anger or pity. all very short-lived emotions. it's one of the reasons we don't have a great long-term policy, foreign policy in...
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and it's difficult to be sure, and there's an interesting piece in foreign policy magazine i think today by hassan hassan who's monitored this movement and specifically talking about the battle as saudi arabia's first battle inside syria. and the suggestion is, one may well know better than i, that western policymakers in particular in this town are trying to -- they see that as potentially a credible way forward, of unifying the armed opposition. >> before thanking the audience and speakers, i wanted to extend a note of appreciation again to c-span for its outsize role in making decisions through a myriad of opportunities and possibilities to better inform the english-speaking public on these phony issues. it's hard to recall a more phony, complex and at the same time relevant and urgent program and event that the national council has been privileged to host here in the nation's capital on capitol hill than the one we've been treated to for the last two hours. and yet at the same time with a note of humility, none of the speakers or any of those in the audience would claim to be bereft
and it's difficult to be sure, and there's an interesting piece in foreign policy magazine i think today by hassan hassan who's monitored this movement and specifically talking about the battle as saudi arabia's first battle inside syria. and the suggestion is, one may well know better than i, that western policymakers in particular in this town are trying to -- they see that as potentially a credible way forward, of unifying the armed opposition. >> before thanking the audience and...
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i do have to emphasize that his foreign policy hot spectacularly failed spectacularly backfired and we are seeing now the fighting and backlash to those policies it particularly until policy on syria he used to preach and lecture that shot and said on how to deal with dead people how to treat people on how not to use massive disproportionate force we are seeing do we seeing him doing the exact things that he told the shutdown that said and you also. please do i malik you were what's been elected through again democratic process and the other accused him of monopolizing and accumulating titanic old powers and these are the very accusations leveled against him by his own people but let me add on top of that here it's all the sea of actually be siding with the idea be a with qatar who are dictatorships and trying to use this same same let's say extremist hardline policies adopted by so again in actually supporting arming financing paying salaries unprecedented move to the insurgents who happen to be in the vast majority that's according to the you not only new york times are extremists
i do have to emphasize that his foreign policy hot spectacularly failed spectacularly backfired and we are seeing now the fighting and backlash to those policies it particularly until policy on syria he used to preach and lecture that shot and said on how to deal with dead people how to treat people on how not to use massive disproportionate force we are seeing do we seeing him doing the exact things that he told the shutdown that said and you also. please do i malik you were what's been...
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but you know, the one area that republicans have tended to avoid has been foreign policy. after all, this is a president who voted against the iraq war. he's led the nation's withdrawal from iraq and soon afghanistan. and on the eve of our 12th remembrance of 9/11, it's worth repeating that osama bin laden's body lies at the bottom of the north arabian sea. so it really is quite the turn of events that it should be foreign policy and syria in particular that may offer republicans their best chance of injuring this president, perhaps even inflicting a fatal wound. because they know that if his red line means nothing in practice, then the world will treat this nation's future protestantations with scorn. it will mean that any warnings to iran about its nuclear ambitions will be treated like a dog with all bark and no bite. as one writer put it at the weekend, american foreign policy will be in the hands of a president whose promises will ring consistently hollow, and whose ability to make good on his strategic commitments will be very much in doubt. if that happens, it will
but you know, the one area that republicans have tended to avoid has been foreign policy. after all, this is a president who voted against the iraq war. he's led the nation's withdrawal from iraq and soon afghanistan. and on the eve of our 12th remembrance of 9/11, it's worth repeating that osama bin laden's body lies at the bottom of the north arabian sea. so it really is quite the turn of events that it should be foreign policy and syria in particular that may offer republicans their best...
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and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings of the holocaust. not quite yet lethal but in terms of arrest of jews, persecution of jews, my father was giving polish passports illegally to german juice. then he served in the war, a war of democratic, with the world divided into a democratic camp and a totalitarian camp. and those two camps engaged in a competition which could have broken out at any moment and through nuclear weapons. when i was in the white house we knew if we had a war with the soviet union within a few hours about 85 million people would be dead. and that's a reality under which we operated. >> so one other question. you have three child
and i do worry that our discussions about foreign policy are increasingly superficial and focused on our public which through congress ultimately has the decisive word on what we can do is woefully uninformed about foreign aifertion. >> your father was -- foreign affairs. >> your father was a polish diplomat. how did that shape your views? >> that made me very conscious of the human many condition. my father was general counsel of poland and we were witnesses to the beginnings...
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now, in foreign policy, especially you want self-confidence, predictability. by going to congress, you jeopardize that. if he gets congressional approval, a great deal will be forgiven. >> it could go either way. >> i just don't know. >> i think it sets, i agree with everything they said. it sets a strange precedent. this is supposed to be a cruise missile strike as far as we can tell. if for this, the president of the united states needs to go to congress, this is changing our conception of executive power over the last 30 or 40 years, it's been settled by both parties that because of the nature of america's responsibilities in the war, the president does have the leeway to act in situations like this that are not really full scale war. >> so many examples, american presidents using military force without congressional authorization. you remember when ronald reagan was president, gadhafi was accused of bombing a disco tech in germany, killing american soldiers. he sent planes in to tripoli or whatever, killed a bunch of people, including relatives of gadhafi.
now, in foreign policy, especially you want self-confidence, predictability. by going to congress, you jeopardize that. if he gets congressional approval, a great deal will be forgiven. >> it could go either way. >> i just don't know. >> i think it sets, i agree with everything they said. it sets a strange precedent. this is supposed to be a cruise missile strike as far as we can tell. if for this, the president of the united states needs to go to congress, this is changing...